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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
2
A Memphis Commercial Appeal columnist argues that true merriment in a widower comes with a symbolic strawberry nose, framing a playful social notion as a light feature.
The Philadelphia Ledger argues that many people claim they can guide scientists to microbes of sanity, suggesting a widespread belief in locating such elusive beings. The remark frames public skepticism about scientific outreach and mental health ideas.
The statement notes that Mr. Carnegie donated fifty million dollars to libraries while lamenting his distance from former happiness and his concern for eighty poor people. It frames his philanthropic act against his personal sense of loss and social aim.
The Detroit Free Press quips about a woman trying to protect her Merry Widow hat with a postage stamp handkerchief, reflecting a playful, wartime tone on everyday hardship.
The Washington Star notes train robbers in Washington state yielded about 10 000 while a Pittsburg bank cashier exceeded one million. The Washington Post questions a trend toward muscular prowess over broad education and warns against overemphasis on sports victories. The New York World argues small farms offer a practical path back to independence as farm labor demand falls.
The text argues that Russia praising Japan and Russia’s aggression in Manchuria being deemed fitting suggests China is endangered. It hints that cooperation between thieves suits neither honest men nor China, implying a precarious balance in East Asia.
John Blair of Townville, Crawford County, finds the last of a wallet lost while plowing his field twenty four years ago. The wallet contained 35 in gold, with earlier finds of 25 and now a final ten dollar piece turning up. the wallet itself was never recovered.
A long tale traces Gentile Cave-Brown-Cave, a Colorado cowboy and heir to Sir Mylles Cave-Brown-Cave of Stretton-on-le-Field, through battles in Egypt and Afghanistan to a bohemian American life. The piece notes his possible death, or continued bohemian drift, and recalls related English peerage history and a dream described treasure in a New York World report.
Miss Lucy Alvord of Taylortown New Jersey told her brother Claude on Sunday morning that her grand hoard was revealed in a dream. The newspaper notes the unusual claim as part of a local feature segment.
A six year old girl, Erline Bracy, daughter of the St Louis County coroner, tethered a rope to a snapping coyote's collar and led it back to captivity. The animal had escaped after biting a rope and terrorized the neighborhood before retreating into brush. A crowd pursued with clubs and dogs, but the child calmly approached and secured the wolf, then returned it to its cage with the wolves kept by her father.
A Boston woman recently celebrating her fiftieth year as a cook claims to have made 394000 pies 2000000 doughnuts and over 1500000 puddings along with many other dainties and baked beans. She keeps all recipes to herself and refuses to publish a cookbook.
The piece notes the Merry Widow hat remains strong with striking straw hats and embroidered linins. It highlights cretenne trimming and bold bow accents, plus the era’s outing hats with silk bands. It includes a merged excerpt urging faith, personal virtue, and optimistic living as life’s proof and habit.
In London streets there are only five statues to women four of which honor queens and one for Mrs Siddons the tragic muse in Paddington Green. Memorial tablets reveal a similar gender gap with only four of one hundred names honoring women on houses of celebrated figures Fanny Burney Joanna Baillie Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Mrs Siddons are noted.
Fifty women admitted to the degree of M A and fifty nine men at Glasgow's graduation. Twenty years earlier women in the class room were rare. Recollection recalls eight young ladies in Professor Tait's natural philosophy class. He explained the octahedron.
An Observer response in the Times lists women of genius who were mothers, from Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin and Mary Shelley to George Sand, Mme de Sevigne, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Fanny Burney, St. Margaret of Scotland, Sappho, and Sonya Kovalevsky. It notes contemporary figures like Celia Thaxter, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Julia Ward Howe, among others.
A reader describes a method for preparing cabbage nicknamed Ladies Cabbage. Quarter a firm white cabbage and blanch in boiling water several times until tender. Cool, mince, and mix with two eggs three tablespoons of cream and butter then bake in a hot oven for a rich brown finish.
A London Globe note recalls eight plain faces among the sporting contingent in the back row. An onlooker quipped "Front bench" targeting the eight pioneer women graduates who sat in the front row, sparking commentary on gender and recognition.
A Quiver inspired sketch recounts extreme poverty among former gentlewomen including a baronet’s daughter reduced to selling boot laces. The piece traces gradual decline from wealth and status to street hardship, drink, and shelter in an institute.
A reflective meditation questions the essence of life and the material of experience. It asks whether spiritual chemistry reveals finer tests beyond hardship poverty and denial, and whether personal loneliness and broken faith have shaped the seeker.
The note suggests rulers and kings covered by Observer may be included in a list of European thrones. It mentions that time scores and victory margins could influence additions while noting that Observer’s reputation may mislead.
A retrospective on hats with cotton and linen covers, modeled figure outlines, and the vogue for different textiles. It cites chic uses of chiné silk, embroidery rich gowns, embroidered gloves, narrow rib bons for party dresses, and favored artificial boutonnieres. It also mentions khaki skirts, cloth of gold theatre bags, and coordinating Point de Venise lace with light green cashmere dresses.
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